Thread: Correct tntake
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Old 05-26-2009, 09:57 PM   #1
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Default Re: Correct tntake

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Originally Posted by RJ View Post
Don't mean to hijack, but can someone tell me why some of the stockers are running Schubecks and the huge spring pressure numbers I hear about? - I put together a sbc with .842" flat steel lifters,P55 core with .875" lobes, steel valves, that winds to 8200 rpm all day long, and only has 150 seat/400 lbs. open. Just curious what I may be missing?, and why some have gone down that path?

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Stocker cams are lift enforced, so to get the duration on these lobes, they are very squared on the nose making it hard for a lifter to follow at higher RPM's unles they have alot of open pressure on the springs
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